LETTER TO DR. ROBERT M. W. KEMPNER FROM R. H. HILLENKOETTER

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01731R003100040032-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 22, 2004
• Sequence Number: 32
• Publication Date: July 22, 1947
• Content Type: LETTER

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Nazi/Japanese War Crimes Task Force review completed
'2 JUL 747
Dr. Robert It. W. Kempner
Deputy Chief of Counsel
Office of Mist of Counsel
for +ar Grimes
APO 696 A cje Postmaster
New York, New York
k y dear Dr. Kem rs
I have your letter of 8 July, offering to assist in pro-
viding information on the details of the procedures of coding and
decoding as they were used by the former German Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and its intelligence division.
I believe information of this type may be of considerable
use in intelligence studies. In view of the War Department's primary
interest in information emanating from a theater of operations, I
have referred your letter to the Director of Intelligence, 8, ask-
ing that he commiuaicate with you on the subject.
Your interest and cooperation are very such appreciated.
Very sincerely yours,
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R. H. M T rJ- ;MKO ST i.
Rear admiral, U3I
Director of Central Intelligence
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coWtuENT
2 vuly 1947
.' cajl wuk 1i i))Iik"k;"LX)R tryp "TajIC , id s 2
s;-'b j ect s Offer of Information from Deputy Chief of j+ounsel
for tsar Criaas, Nus rnbsr, , Gerr"nx.
I au: enclosing for your information and such action as you
consider appropriate a letter from i)r. bert k. 4. oaner?,
Deputy Chief of Counsel for ??aur Cries, huornberg, t".r1 r. It is
believed that this matter is of more direct interest to 1b,0 4145,t
than to the Central Intelligence Group. A copy of my reply to
Cr. Inez, advising him that his offer is being transmitted to you
as a smatter of primary interest to the Oar Department, is enclosed.
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iLH.tf11.i. ilUt Ti#
ttsar admiral, USN
Director of Central Intelligence
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APO 6% A c/o Post*aster New fork, L*Y.
Dr. H. I. `. Beer
Deputy Chief of Counsel
Tel. Justice Nurenberg 61127
Courthouse
Nuernberg, t -r ar
8 July 1947
Fear Admiral sl H. fi. Hillenkoetter,
Director of Central Intelligence
2430 A. Street, EL.
1 aahington 25j, D.C.
by dear Viral s
In connection with the aarse against forssr officials of the
Germany ktnistry of foreign Affairs, of which I an in charge, I came
across hundreds of their addresses sod among thew are a number who did
coding and decoding work. While we are only interested in the content
of these messages, your ditice might be interested in the technical
aide and in the details of the procedures of coding and decoding as
they were used by the Foreign kinistry and its Intelligence Division.
As far as 1 can judge from the letters written by Foreign
i iniatry officials to us, there are approximately one or two dozen
code clerks who guy* their addressee -- sane in the American and
others in the British and French Zones of occupation.
If you should be interested in the matter of coding and 4.-
coding as it was handled in the t rner Gera= Foreign Office please
advise us if we can be of any service,
very truly yours,
/s/ Robert X. 9. XCespner
Y. a. "spner
d Chief of Counsel
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